Hoepfully one day we can Bluetooth up a HR chest strap to the phone so it can use that in conjunction with the blood flow type, so that you're given a choice when starting a particular exercise, given how popular using weights is.

Hoepfully one day we can Bluetooth up a HR chest strap to the phone so it can use that in conjunction with the blood flow type, so that you're given a choice when starting a particular exercise, given how popular using weights is.

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You can pair a BT HR strap to the Watch and have been able to do this for years on the iPhone. However unless you have a medical condition HR plays little to no role in wight training.

Interesting... Mine seems to work fine while doing chest presses (on a machine... not free weights). It typically runs up to 150 for a long set of reps. Definitely never shows anything under 100 during my whole workout.

I just looked at my past three weight workouts and they consistently show my average heart rate right around 110.

definitely doesn't work that well with weightlifting. It's a problem with all wrist-based HRMs. I have a bluetooth Polar chest strap i used to use with an older garmin watch that works great with the apple watch when lifting.

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